Police are searching for bullet fragments and gathering evidence after a heavily intoxicated Walled Lake man fired shots into neighbors’ homes from his mother’s condo Thursday.

The 42-year-old man, who lives on Winwood Circle, near Maple Road and Pontiac Trail, was taken into custody less than three hours after the shooting began. Police did not release the man’s name.

Nearby Walled Lake schools were placed into lockdown after police received reports of the shots.

A suspect, a former Navy scuba diver, was living with his mother in the Winwood Place Condominiums, which has 108 units. Residents described the area as a quiet, nice neighborhood.

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At 7:22 a.m., police were called by several neighbors reporting multiple gun shots, said Walled Lake Police Chief Paul Shakinas.

“Dozens of shots were fired,” the chief said. “Officers set up a perimeter in the area and evacuated the area.”

An Oakland County SWAT team along with Walled Lake, Wixom and Wolverine Lake police responded to the scene.

An Oakland County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant from Commerce Township made contact with the gunman, who was highly intoxicated.

The lieutenant “was able to talk him out of the residence,” said Shakinas.

Law enforcement personnel fired no shots and no one was injured.

Before he came out, the suspect told officers he wanted to take a shower, and when he emerged from the house a short while later, he fell and cut his head while walking on ice. He was taken by ambulance to an area hospital to be examined for his injury.

Shakinas said there were multiple small handguns at the scene.

Police have had contact with the suspect in the past, said Shakinas.

“In 1999, he was charged with aggravated assault and there is also a case (in the system) for felonious firearms in Farmington Hills, but it appears he was not convicted of that charge,” said Shakinas.

Police said the suspect is not married and has no children.

The suspect’s mother was helpful to police, said Shakinas.

“She was upset with her son,” he said, “and she was instrumental in getting him out of the house.”

Shakinas said the suspect, once outside the condo, cooperated with police.

“It doesn’t sound like the holidays were too good for him,” said Shakinas.

While being put into an ambulance, “he was rambling on,” Shakinas said.

He said he expected the man to be arraigned and identified within a day or two.

One school placed on lockdown was St. Williams Catholic School, near the neighborhood, said Walled Lake dispatch personnel.

It is not known yet what charges the suspect could face, police said.

Neighbor and condo board member Neal Wolfson said he doesn’t know the suspect but does know the suspect’s mother.

“She seems like a nice lady; she likes to plant flowers,” he said.

“This is a very quiet, nice area,” said Wolfson, who has lived in the neighborhood a dozen year. “Everybody gets along OK.”

He said while he was surprised about the shootings and police activity in his neighborhood, “you watch the news and see it happens all over the country. It’s not unusual but you never think it’s going to happen in your area.”